Explaining Campaign News Coverage: How Medium, Time, and Context Explain Variation in the Media Framing of the 2009 European Parliamentary Elections

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-28

  Schuck, Andreas R T ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^a   Boomgaarden, Hajo G ^a   Elenbaas, Matthijs ^a   Azrout, Rachid ^a   van Spanje, Joost ^a   de Vreese, Claes H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conflict framing; election coverage; European Parliamentary elections; horse race framing; media content analysis; media framing; metacoverage; strategy framing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874464089     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2013.752192     Document Type: Article

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